OLR 5K

I ran a 5K today! My first in many years. It felt good, but it was haaard. I'm pretty beat right now, I'm not gonna lie.

None of the photos were taken by me; my husband Richard was the guest photographer on this one. He also has video of me crossing the finish line (instead of a still photo) so we'll have to figure out how to upload that somehow. :)








Me and my running buddy, Cheryl. She is running an AIDS marathon in October! Go support her!





We are nowhere near the front.


And we're off!



My time was 38:01, #356. Not bad; I just wanted to finish under 40 minutes, and I did!

This is the difference 50 pounds makes

This was me in January. That's a size 18 jacket.





This was me last week. I borrowed a girlfriend's same jacket -- size 12.



50 pounds. Now THAT'S fulfilling a New Year's Resolution!

Progress Update

Just to let you know I am still busy losing weight and photographing the results of that more than anything else these days. But spring is supposed to be around the corner (unless we get that snowstorm today, UGH) and I'm hoping to start looking around at pretty things outside again soon. Until then, here's a peek at how I'm progressing:

October 2008:


February 2009:


April 2009:


If you think that's amazing, you should see my husband! He looks terrific.

Much less of me to see these days

Sorry for the long gap between posts! I am still here, and still taking photos, but the subject is pretty boring: me. I've been on a big weight-loss effort since January 1st, and it's coming along great! 28 pounds so far. As part of it, I have been taking photos of myself to mark the changes, which has been both an eye-opener and great motivation to continue. But it's not the most exciting blog subject, so I haven't been posting them here.

That said, here's a good visual of the changes. Same outfit (the top, at least), four months apart.

October 2008


February 2009


Yay!